GOVERNOR OF THE YEAR 2023
For investing in infrastructural development to keep up with the growing population of his state, creating jobs in both the formal and informal sectors, and ensuring Oyo is among the top five states in Nigeria with year-on-year growth in internally generated revenue (IGR), Oluwaseyi Abiodun Makinde is Governor of the Year 2023.
SOCIAL IMPACT PERSON OF THE YEAR
For greatly touching and shaping the fabric of the social life of his subjects via peace and security, education, poverty alleviation, climate change, and health, Emir of Bauchi Alhaji (Dr) Rilwanu Sulaimanu Adamu, CFR, is Social Impact Person of the Year 2023.
CEO OF THE YEAR 2023
For leading Transcorp Hotels as the number-one hospitality brand in Nigeria by maintaining a culture of consistently delivering value to its stakeholders, driving growth and innovation, and achieving profitability while delivering exceptional customer experience to all its guests, Dupe Olusola is CEO of the Year 2023.
PUBLIC SERVICE PERSON OF THE YEAR
For finding his way into the hearts of millions of citizens for whom obtaining or renewing the Nigerian passport had become a nightmare; for his bold, extensive and exceptional reforms in tackling the perennial passport booklet debacle at the Nigeria Immigration Service, in less than five weeks into his assumption of office, a stride which earned him the sobriquet “Minister Talk and Do”, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is Public Servant of the Year 2023.
CEO OF THE YEAR 2023
For her efforts in addressing the lack of affordable and high-quality drugs in Nigeria’s healthcare system, which has left many Nigerians with life-threatening illnesses with no option except to skip doses or even stop taking them altogether, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Emzor Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company, Dr Stella Chinyelu Okoli, is CEO of the Year 2023.
BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR 2023
From his humble beginnings as an almajiri boy in 1965, Gerawa overcame his limitations to become a billionaire by building business empires, creating jobs, and contributing to the growth of the economy. Playing in the industrial sector for over 37 years, Alhaji Gerawa is one of the few rice farmers that now give more than sufficient paddy to rice mills as part of efforts to complement the federal government’s policy of economic diversification, Isa Mohammed Gerawa is a Business Person of the Year 2023.
